...basements on your site and this answer confused me. I understood that isulating the basement (either with spray foam or EPS or XPS) acts as a moisture barrier, ...
...basements with spray foam is quite common, and in most cases works very well. A lot people like spray foam as an air barrier, a vapor barrier and for energy-eff...
...basements at home, I'm finding it a learning curve in building science!
The building is over 100 years old with a half below grade (fully cured!) concrete bas...
...basements have read about three methods using EPS & batt with slightly different orders. Plan to insulate concrete walls with 2" of EPS, with 2x4 framing (fille...
...basements.
Basements and basement walls work differently in summer and winter than walls exposed to air .
Basement walls are always cold but touching earth ...
...Basements are built wrong all the time, and many contractors want to fix moldy basements by repeating the process that caused the problem in the first place. An...
...basements walls the same way they build above grade walls, without realizing that they can’t dry to the outside.
So putting organic materials like wood agains...
...basements due to their resiliency when exposed to moisture, where Polyiso can be negatively affected by exposure to moisture and there is often a lot of that, o...
...basements in older homes simply are not insulated at all, and therefore they do have higher heating bills to show for it (which is not great long term), but for...
...Basements are certainly useful, but from an environmental point of view, the benefits of slab-on-grade construction over a basement are undeniable, I will expla...
...basements are rotting many years after they've been finished.
We can help you with whatever steps you take moving forward, so feel free to send along some pic...
...basements are moldy , as well as how to insulate a basement properly . Perhaps they used metal studs instead of wood studs as a way to stop the wall from rottin...
...basements properly in new homes -
Best practices for building basements in new homes
Now that we got that stuff out of the way.... here are some more direct...
...basements and or appliances.
We make no secret of the fact that we prefer slab on grade homes over basements , and particularly in your situation. Aside from ...
...basements when it's at all possible to avoid them, particularly if there is a risk of highwater tables and if you are building on or near a floodplain . A slab ...
I am finishing my basement and my basement exterior walls are fully framed about 2” away from the concrete. They have mineral wool in between the stud bays but...
...Basements are expensive: It is cheaper to build two stories above ground than one above and one below. Depending on the lot size and how much living space you n...
...basements (always cold) insulation - which I will in time. The windows (double pane) and doors are all Zone 2 rated appear to have been replaced within the last...
Posted by Ryan PetersonMay 1, 2018, 11:51 a.m.Heating and cooling4 Responses
